Predicting Daily Physical Activity in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Arnoldus J R van Gestel, Christian F Clarenbach, Anne C Stöwhas, Valentina A Rossi, Noriane A Sievi, Giovanni Camen, Erich W Russi and Malcolm Kohler

PLOS ONE, 2012, vol. 7, issue 11, 1-7

Abstract: Background: Objectively measuring daily physical activity (PA) using an accelerometer is a relatively expensive and time-consuming undertaking. In routine clinical practice it would be useful to estimate PA in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with more simple methods. Objectives: To evaluate whether PA can be estimated by simple tests commonly used in clinical practice in patients with COPD. Methods: The average number of steps per day was measured for 7 days with a SenseWear Pro™ accelerometer and used as gold standard for PA. A physical activity level (PAL) of

Date: 2012
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